djago



Sept. 23, 1930. DIAGQ 1,776,754

STOCK AND CASH KEEPER F'i1ed Aug- 29, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet l will"WITNESSES Fan/4G0,

ATTORNEYS Se t. 23, 1930. F. DIAGO 1,776,754

I STUCK AND CASH KEEPER Filed Aug 29, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSESINVENTOR ATTORNEYS F. e. DIAGO 1,776,754

STOCK AND CASH KEEPER Sept. 23, 1930.

Filed Aug. 29, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 21 H O N z 8 15 16 51 Q 3 E 16 6 3a X .15 19 1 7 25 o o 0 a5 51 50 7 a2 INVENTOR 776. 0/27 60,

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 23, 1930 UNITED STATES i FEDERICOGUILLERMO DIAGO, F HABANA, CUBA STOCK AND CASH KEEPER Applicationfiled'August 29, 1925. Serial No. 53,313.

This invention relates to improvements in registering apparatus, and itconsists in the constructions, combinations and arrangements hereindescribed and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a device by means of which aStorekeeper, for example, may easily keep account of his stock in tradeand the amount of cash received from the sale of articles from thestock,'thereby eliminating the customary laborious bookkeeping andwriting.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined device by meansof which can be registered the sales of stock in trade and the moneyreceived as a result of such sales.

Other objects and advantages appear in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved stock and cash keeper. 7

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of the base alone illustrating therocking function of the cash-drawer.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the cash drawer.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the base sections, illustrating theregistering apparatus referred to below. 7

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the registering units.

Figure 6 is aplan view of another registering unit.

In carrying out the invention provision is made of a base 1 consistingof relatively sta tionary and movable sections 2 and 3. The movement ofthe section 3 is that of a rocker, and the movement occurs in relationto the section 2 to which the rocker section 3 is pivoted as at 4 (Fig.2).

The rocking movement of the section 3 is accompanied by the sliding outof the cash drawer 5. Although this drawer is equipped with a knob 6 itis intended to slide out of its own accord when the section 3 is tiltedas shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. The drawer has a lock 7 for thesake of security when the device is not in use. p

A plurality of partitions 8 divide the cash drawer into a number ofcompartments which are employed for various coins and bills. Stops 9(Figs. 2 and 3) limit theoutward movement of the cash drawer. Strips. ofrubber 10 or other suitable material along the lower edge of the drawerride upon the guides 11 and have the tendency of'supplying friction insuch amount that the drawer will not slide out too rapidly. The rubberor other strips also assist inpreventing any sound which might accompanythe motion of the drawer. l

It is intended that the device shall furnish a continuous visibleaccount of the amount of stock remaining on hand. To this end thesection 2 has as many registering units 12- (Figs. 4 and 5) as there arearticles of different kinds in stock. The descriptionof one will suflicefor all.

A hand plate 13 has imprinted or otherwise aflixed thereon a legenddesignating a particular article of stock in trade, account of which isto be kept. This hand plate is carried by a lever 14 which is pivoted at15 so that a depression of the hand plateresults in a rocking movementof the lever. The movement is limited by an adjustable set screw 16. Theinner extremity of the lever carries a dog 17 which is pressedagainst aprimary counter wheel 18 by a spring 19. The counter wheel has numeralsrunning from 0 to 9, there being a tooth 20 at each of the numerals, thepurpose being that the dog 17 shall move the wheel 18 the distance of atooth at a time. The numerals are arranged so that successivedepressions of the hand plate 13 shall show one less by the numerals ateach time.

At the beginning of each tenth turn of the Wheel 18 a dog 21 carried bythat wheel will cause a turn of the secondary counter wheel 22, whichlike the wheel 18, is equipped with notches or teeth 23 which the dog 21engages. According to the illustration (Fig. 5) the numerals on thesecondary counter wheel 22 run from 10 to 100, but in practice thenumerals may run as high as may be desired. A spring 24 keeps the dog 21in engagement with the wheel 22. The dog is pivotally mounted at 25 uponthe wheel 18, thesupporting bracket 26 being sufficiently high to permitpassage of the dog 21 when it passes under. It is observed that thenotches 20 and 23 are of such design that liberal space is lefttherebetween for the application of the required numerals.

Upon depression of the hand plate 13 a tag 27 is made to appear at theWindow 28, (Fig. 1) of the cover 29. This tag bears a legend like theone on the hand plate 13, and is intended merely to verify the immediatetransaction. Full depression of the hand plate 13 causes rocking of abell-crank 30 (Fig. 5) by virtue of the engagement of the lever 14 witha lateral pin 31 on an arm of the bell crank.

Rocking of the bell-crank produces a pull upon the link 32 and a rockingof the bel crank 33 so that as a result the tag 27 is projected upwardlyin its guide 34.

.Referrin g particularly to the. cover 29, it is observed in Figure 1 itis equipped with numerous windows 35 and 36. These, in the case of theregistering units 12 are intended to reveal the numerals on the counterwheels 18 and 22. Further registering units of the device have similarlydesignated windows 35 and 36, and the reader will understand that thepurpose of these windows is the same as the purpose. mentioned inrespect to the other windows when described.

The section 3. has hand plates 37, 38 and 39 for the purpose ofregistering cent, quarter and dollar sales. The hand plate 37 actuates acounter wheel 40 which has numerals running from 0 to 4. There is a,counter- Wheel ll- With numerals running from 0 to 20 in multiples of.5.. The hand plate 38 actuates a counterwheel 42 which has numeralsrunning from 0 to. 75 in multiples of 2.5, and has. a complementarycounter-wheel 43; provided with numerals. designating 1.00, 200, etc. to15100;. There is. a third numeral wheel 44 with numerals designating20.00, 4.0120,. 60.00 etc.

It" is to be noted that a certain number of turns of the counter-wheel40 by means of the hand plate 37. will cause a transfer of mo tion to.the counter wheel 41' so that that wheel pa'rtakes of a, turn. It, is.equally true that. a certain number of, turns of the. wheel 42 by meansof the hand plate 38; will producev a transfer of motion to the wheel 43so that that wheel partakes of a turn. But not like the counter=wheel41, the counter-wheel 43 has an associated hand plate 39 bymeans ofwhich it can be turned directly and independently, and also unlike thecounter-wheel 41 the. wheel 43 has an associated counterwheel 44.Notwithstanding the differences noted the description of the unit 45,including the Wheels 42, 43 and 44 will sufi ice for the description ofthe unit 46 which is similar in many respects.

Referring to the unit 45 (Fig. 6) a'depression ofithe. hand plate 38causes rocking of the lever 47 upon its pivot 48 so that the numberwheel 42 is given a turn by means of the dog 49. The dog is held againstthe wheel by a spring 50. The rocking motion of the lever 47 is limitedby a set screw 51. The fourth turn of the wheel 42 is accompanied by alateral motion of the pin 52 by virtue of the engagement of a cam 53with the ball-end 54 of the pin. The cam is carried by the wheel 42.This lateral motion of the pin 52 causes engagement of the end 55 of thepin with one of the numerous cams 56 of the number wheel 43 so that thatwheel is turned to bring the numeral next in order in view of the window35. The pin is carried by and guided in a bracket 57' against which aspring 58 acts to normally hold the ball-end against the wheel 42. Thebracket provides a partial support for the shafts 5.9 and 60 of thetwo.wheels, brackets, 61 at the outsides of the wheels completing thesupport for the Shafts.

Upon depression of the hand plate 3.9 the resulting rocking of the lever62: causes the dog 63 to turn the number wheel 43 independently, of theaction of the wheel 42 and pin 52. The advantage of: the. arrangement.is obvious: Ordinarily, a succession. of 2 sales and depressions of thehand plate 38 will result in the registering of 1.00 sales. at the wheel43. But the occasion may arise when oneor more whole dollars are takenin, and in such event the salesman will depress the hand plate 39directly so as to. register such sales. A lug 64 on the number wheel 43engages a tooth of the wheel 44 at an a propriate time thereby to causeprogressive registering of said. wheel, the arrangement and purposebeingobvious.

Each of the counter-wheels 40, 4-2: and 43 has an associated registeringtag 65, 6.6 and 67 respectively bearing the legends 1e, 25 and 1.00.These are made to. appear at the window 28 (Fig. 1) through theengagement of the hand plate lever (for example the lever 47) with a pin6,0013. a bellcrank 69. This bell-crank has a link: connection 70 with asecond bell crank 7.1 which causes projection of the tag attachedthereto.

But in the case of the number wheel 41; the associated tag 72 (whichbears the legend 5) the bell-crank 7 3 is actuated by each of aplurality of pins 74 on the, wheel. The rocking of the bell-crank causesa pull on the. link 75, a rocking of the Second bellcrank 76 and anupward motion of the tag 72; in its; guide 7 7 In respect to the numberwheel 43 it is optional whether the hand plate for independent operationof the numeral wheel, be applied in practice.

The operation is readily understood. relatively stationary stock section2, so-callcd because of the fact that it is intended to keep account ofthe stock on hand, in practice has as many hand plates 13 as there aredifferent articles in stock. Assume that there are 100 The r:

bags of tobacco of a certain brand in stock. The primary and secondarynumeral Wheels 18 and 22 will then be set as in Figure 5.

A depression of the hand plate 13 at the time of a sale of a bag of thistobacco will cause turning of both wheels 18 and 22 so that the 0 on oneWheel and 100 on the other wheel will be replaced by the numeral 90 onthe wheel 22 and the numeral 9 on the wheel 18. The salesman may then beinformed upon subsequent inspection that he has 99 bags of theparticular kind of tobacco in stock.

The relatively movable cash section 3, so called because it is intendedto keep account of the cash, has a plurality of hand plates 37, 38 and39 with which various denominations of coin and currency can beregistered. In the case of the sale of a bag of tobacco, as describedabove, the salesman will depress the hand plate 38 thereby causing suchmovement of the numeraLwheel 42 as will bring the numeral 25 into viewat one of the windows in the cover. It is assumed that the bag oftobacco cost 25.

In consonance with the act of depressing the hand plate 28 the section 3rocks forwardly upon its pivot 4 (Fig. 2) so that the cash drawer 5slides open. This feature permits the salesman to readily make change,if such is required.

Registrations of the wheels 40 and 42 are finally transferred to thewheels 41 and 43, and registrations of the wheel 43 are in turntransferred to the wheel 44. It has already been stated that theprovision of the hand plate 39 is optional. But it is an advantage tohave the hand plate 39 because by means of it, sales of large value canbe made to register more easily u n thewheel 43.

In view of the fact that the section 3 moves in relation to the section2 it is obviously necessary that the cover 29 be fixed upon the section2. The fixing of the cover is accomplished in any commonly known manner,and need not be the sub'ect of a specific illustration. It is alsoevldent that only the various hand plates 13, 37, etc. show at the frontof the cover. It is also permissible that the various adjusting screws16, etc. show so that necessary adjustments can be made without undoingthe cover.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a rocker section, amovable drawer contained thereby, a register mounted upon the section,and manual means which is operable to simultaneously actuate theregister and rock the rocker section and cause the drawer to open.

2. A device of the character described comprising a stationary section,a rocker section containing a movable drawer, pivot means by which therocker section is attached to the stationary section, a registerFEDERICO GI'JILLERMo DIAGO.

